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The Spinning Magnet audiobook
- By: Alanna Mitchell
- Narrator: P.J. Ochlan
- Category: Electromagnetism, Physics, Science
- Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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The Spinning Magnet Audiobook Summary
The mystery of Earth’s invisible, life-supporting power
Alanna Mitchell’s globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth’s magnetic field–right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results–will soon change the way you think about our planet.
Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell’s science storytelling introduce intriguing characters–from the thirteenth-century French investigations into magnetism and the Victorian-era discover that electricity and magnetism emerge from the same fundamental force to the latest research. No one has ever told so eloquently how the Earth itself came to be seen as a magnet, spinning in space with two poles, and that those poles have dramatically reversed many time, often coinciding with mass extinctions. The most recent reversal was 780,000 years ago.
Mitchell explores indications that the Earth’s magnetic force field is decaying faster than previously thought. When the poles switch, a process that takes many years, the Earth is unprotected from solar radiation storms that would, among other disturbances, wipe out much and possible all of our electromagnetic technology. Navigation for all kinds of animals is disrupted without a stable, magnetic North Pole. But can you imagine no satellites, no Internet, no smartphones–maybe no power grids at all?
Alanna Mitchell offers a beautifully crafted narrative history of surprising ideas and science, illuminating invisible parts of our own planet that are constantly changing around us.
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The Spinning Magnet Audiobook Narrator
P.J. Ochlan is the narrator of The Spinning Magnet audiobook that was written by Alanna Mitchell
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The Spinning Magnet Full Details
| Narrator | P.J. Ochlan |
| Length | 9 hours 37 minutes |
| Author | Alanna Mitchell |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 30, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780525527718 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Spinning Magnet is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: solar flare, history of science, planetary science, aurora borealis book, northern lights, science books for teens, history of the world, history books, EMP, disaster, science, electromagnetism, electricity, geology, popular science, history, earth, planet, technology, cataclysm, apocalypse, solar storms, scientists, magnets, science gifts, electromagnetic fields and waves, geology books for adults, physics, science books, innovation, earth science, science book, gifts for history buffs, theoretical physics, rocks, Science, Physics, Electromagnetism, Science, History, Science, Earth Sciences, Geology The BISAC Subject Code is Electromagnetism, Physics, Science
Additional info
The publisher of the The Spinning Magnet is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Penguin Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780525527718.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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